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American Hemenway makes history in clinical Swans victory

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Our thanks to Girls Play Footy  and Kristy Williams for the match write up of the NSW Academy match played today at the SCG. The match featured Americans Kim Hemenway (who played for the Sydney Swans squad) and Katie Klatt (who played for the GWS Giants squad).  The original article appeared here.

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There was delight for those in red and white this afternoon at the SCG as the Sydney Swans powered over the top of the GWS Giants by 29 points.

Maddy Collier, Nicola Barr and Rebecca Beeson were very strong for the hosts, while American import Kim Hemenway made an immediate impact with three goals.
 



 
The Swans kept the Giants scoreless in the first quarter with beautiful, fluent football before the Giants responded in the second term through some strong marks from former state cricketer Keeghan Tucker in the forward half.

The Giants, despite some better efforts and possession chains, could not stop the Swans scoring, however, with Beeson and Collier controlling the play from the forward and back arcs respectively.

With the half-time margin sitting at 28 points, the Giants came out with ferocious intent to reduce the deficit with Annie Ghirardello clunking two second half goals, and Canberra product Talia Radan taking several settling marks in defence.

The Swans' firepower could not be contained, though, and every Giants score saw the Swans return the favour, often with Beeson in the thick of it up forward either by setting up others or scoring herself.

The last term was soured by a serious knee injury to Swan Isabella Rudolph, but the Swans' lead was too much and the final margin of 29 points was a just result in the end.

Hard nut Mai Nguyen was sterling all day for the Giants through the midfield, and Keeghan Tucker also impressed with two goals before being switched to defence.

While the Giants were on the wrong side of the scoreboard, there were several instances in the game that highlighted the endeavour and talent on offer, and both teams played some eye-catching, free-flowing footy in a great advertisement for the women’s game.


Sydney Swans: 3.2.20, 6.6.42, 8.8.56, 9.8.62
Greater Western Sydney Giants: 0.0.0, 2.2.14, 3.2.20, 5.3.33

Goals
Kim Hemenway 3, Jacinda Barclay 2, Laura Holdsworth, Monique Hollick, Rebecca Beeson, Holly Cogle
Keeghan Tucker 2, Anne-Maree Ghirardello 2, Britt Tully